Every night, somehow, he returned.
By the fourth morning, the joke had faded, and Daniel and I started comparing notes about what we were missing.
Daniel tried bribery.
That was when I started thinking his behavior was strange.
“If you sleep in your bed all week, we’ll get pizza Friday.”
Ben shook his head.
“I don’t want pizza.”
Daniel stared at him.
“You always want pizza.”
If I went upstairs to shower, I’d come back and find Ben sitting beside the crib.
“Not that much.”
That was when I started thinking his behavior was strange.
Then I noticed something else.
Whenever Diane offered to watch Brenda, Ben appeared.
If I went upstairs to shower, I’d come back and find Ben sitting beside the crib.
Once, Diane reached into the bassinet to pick Brenda up.
If Daniel and I stepped outside for ten minutes, Ben refused to come with us.
